diff --git a/configs/sama5d4-ek/knsh/defconfig.ROMFS b/configs/sama5d4-ek/knsh/defconfig.ROMFS
index 11e2b684bd4..81fd5ba7034 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d4-ek/knsh/defconfig.ROMFS
+++ b/configs/sama5d4-ek/knsh/defconfig.ROMFS
@@ -584,6 +584,8 @@ CONFIG_USART4_2STOP=0
 # CONFIG_DISABLE_PSEUDOFS_OPERATIONS is not set
 CONFIG_FS_READABLE=y
 # CONFIG_FS_WRITABLE is not set
+# CONFIG_FS_NAMED_SEMAPHORES is not set
+CONFIG_FS_MQUEUE_MPATH="/var/mqueue"
 # CONFIG_FS_RAMMAP is not set
 # CONFIG_FS_FAT is not set
 # CONFIG_FS_NXFFS is not set